Trace-fastening.



PATENTEDJUNE 14, 1904.

.G. D. LEXNER. TRACE FASTENING.

' APPLICIATION FILED N OV. 6, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIcE.

GEORGE D. LEXNER, OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TRACE-FASTENING- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.762,593, dated June 14, 1904.

Application filed November 5,1903. Serial No. 179,918. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

. and useful Improvements in Trace-Fastenings; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for fastening or attaching traces tovehicle-bodies; and it consists in the novel construction andcombination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through thefastening device. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

A is a forked bracket, which is secured to any convenient part of thevehicle-shafts, such as the cross-bar, by bolts or screws, and B is atubular guide which is formed on the lower part of the said bracket, andprovided with a head I) at one end, which has a rectangular guide-hole 5in it.

C is a hook which engages with the end portion 0 of a trace, and whichis provided with a rectangular shank D, which is slidable in theguide-hole b.

E is a shoulder on the shank close to the hook, and e is a collar orbuifer of india-rubber arranged next to the said shoulder and between itand the head 6. The end portion (Z of the shank is preferablycylindrical, and cl is a head or nut on the end of the said cylindricalportion.

the shank of the hook slides back and forth in the guide. Theindia-rubber buifer prevents the device making a noise when the shoulderof the hook strikes the head of the guide.

What I claim is- 1. In. a trace-fastening, the combination, with atubular guide provided with a head having a rectangular guide-hole andhaving also means for securing it to the shafts of a vehicle, of a draftattachment for engaging with the trace provided with a rectangular shankwhich is slidable in the said guide-hole, said shank having also a head,and a spring arranged in the said guide between the said heads.

2. In a trace-fastening, the combination, with a tubular guide providedat one end with a head having a rectangular guide-hole and having alsomeans for securing it to the shafts of a vehicle, of a hook for engagingwith the trace provided with a shoulder and a rectangular shank which isslidable in the said guide-hole, said shank having also a head at oneend, a buffer of elastic material between the said shoulder and the headof the guide, and a spring arranged in the said guide between the saidheads.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE D. LEXNER.

'Witnesses:

ALIcE J. MURRAY, FREDERICK K. DAGGETT.

